Indonesian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈabiti/
  • Hyphenation: abi‧ti
  • Rhymes: -ti, -i

Verb

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abiti

  1. to shrug

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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abiti m

  1. plural of abito

Verb

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abiti

  1. inflection of abitare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Probably from Fon àvitì (trap).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈbiti/, [a̠ˈbiti], [ɑ̟ˈbiti]

Noun

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abiti

  1. live-trap

References

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  • Sordam, Max (1985) Surinaams woordenboek nieuwe spelling (in Dutch), →ISBN, page 172
  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 474.